Katherine Lee

Here’s what Facebook says triggered the massive outage on its apps

by Kurt Wagner Bloomberg News October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

The technical issue took Facebook’s core social network, its photo app Instagram and its WhatsApp and Messenger services offline for hours.

Health, Nation & World

Johnson & Johnson requests FDA approval for COVID booster shot

by Jessica Schladebeck New York Daily News October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

Johnson & Johnson is the third drug-maker to submit a request for booster approval after Moderna and Pfizer.

Business, Nation & World, News

Whistleblower tells Congress that Facebook knows its platforms harm children, fuel division

by MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

Frances Haugen testifies that company executives refuse to make changes because they elevate profits over safety, and she says CEO Mark Zuckerberg is ultimately responsible.

Nation & World

Trump faces deadline for questioning in defamation suit over sexual assault allegations

by JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

Summer Zervos, a former “Apprentice” contestant, filed the defamation lawsuit after he denied her allegations that he sexually assaulted her and called the women who have accused him of assault liars.

Health, Nation & World, News

Doctors nationwide growing frustrated over COVID-19 denial, misinformation

by HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

Front-line medical workers are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation in treating unvaccinated patients during the delta-driven surge.

Business, Nation & World

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage

by By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY The Associated Press October 4, 2021October 5, 2021

Facebook blames ‘a faulty configuration change’ and says there is ‘no evidence that user data was compromised’ because of the outage.

Business, Nation & World

Cruises are back, but they may not see prepandemic passenger numbers until 2023

by Anna Jean Kaiser Miami Herald October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

The industry saw 28.5 million passengers worldwide in 2018 and 29.7 million in 2019, but dropped off to just 5.8 million in 2020, an 81% decrease.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Biden tells Republicans to ‘get out of the way’ of raising U.S. debt ceiling

by KEVIN FREKING and JOSH BOAK Associated Press October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

The White House says Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is needlessly posing a threat to the international credit of the federal government, potentially hurting financial markets and the broader economy.